title: Infiltrative lipoma compressing the spinal cord in 2 large-breed dogs.
abstract: Two cases of infiltrative lipomas compressing the spinal cord and causing nonambulatory paraparesis in 2 large-breed dogs are reported. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed severe extradural spinal cord compression by inhomogenous masses that infiltrated the adjacent tissues and the muscles of the spine in both dogs. The presumptive clinical diagnoses were infiltrative lipomas, which were confirmed by histopathology. In rare cases infiltrative lipomas are able to compress the spinal cord by the agressive growth of invasive adipocytes causing neurological deficits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559 Hannover, Germany. marc.hobert@googlemail.com
authors.forename: Marc K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hobert
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brauer
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dziallas
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gerhauser
authors.forename: Dorothee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Algermissen
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tipold
authors.forename: Veronika M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D020335:Paraparesis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*